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By Suzanne Pender The funeral Mass of Bishop Jim Moriarty takes place tomorrow (Wednesday) in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow. The bishop emeritus of…
Bishop resigned after report highlighted a lack of response to child abuse in the church
Donal Ryan is this week’s guest on Behind the Lines.
David Cohen* Analysis - Public hearings provide a valuable window to see the work of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care. But what's happening behind closed doors will almost certainly have the more enduring effect on the ultimate political outcome of the costly exercise. Photo: 123RF This week the commission resumes its historical examination of faith-based institutions managed by the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches, and, in particular over the coming few days, the Salvation Army. William Booth, the Methodist minister who established the Salvation Army in the late 1800s, ...
Irish Archbishop Dermot Farrell (left) and retired Archbishop Diarmuid Martin speak to reporters outside Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Dublin Dec. 29, 2020, after Archbishop Farrell was named head of the Dublin Archdiocese. (CNS photo/courtesy John McElroy) Dublin — Pope Francis has chosen Bishop Dermot Farrell of Ossory as Archbishop Diarmuid Martin's successor in Dublin. The appointment is one of the most significant in the Irish church, involving oversight of the largest and most secular Irish diocese with up to 1 million Catholics. Farrell, 66, a former president of th...